Tim Harford investigates some of the numbers in the news. This week: The Daily Mail says that over half of the UK population live in households that get more in benefits than they pay in tax - is it ...

MILLIONS of pensioners will be hit with £300 tax bills from HMRC this winter. From November, around nine million pensioners will begin to see up to £300 land in their bank accounts. The cash boost ...

A Palestinian-Jewish PhD student was filmed cutting down ribbons remembering those taken hostage in Gaza. Nadia Yahlom used scissors to vandalise the memorial in Muswell Hill, north London, at around ...

Rachel Reeves will be forced into a Budget “repair job” in November, in which she may raid at least 10 taxes for more than £40bn in order to avoid breaching her fiscal rules, a merchant bank has ...

Britain's statistics office said on Wednesday that government borrowing in the previous and current fiscal years was a combined 3 billion pounds ($4.02 billion) lower than previously reported after a ...

Clearsprings currently serves around 30,000 asylum seekers in southern England, London, and Wales. About half of those are housed in hotels subcontracted by the company.

In a conference speech, the Tory leader will say the Conservatives are the only party "with a plan to get our economy back on track".

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that housing has been at the forefront of his mind for the 2026 Budget. Budget 2026 was delivered on Tuesday, October 7 with Mr Donohoe announcing a ...

Britain’s tech sector is bracing for impact as fears grow that Labour’s upcoming Budget could drive investors out of the country.

HMRC will fill in sections of tax returns automatically using digital identification as part of a push to secure unpaid revenue and prevent “error” by the public.

A CELEBRITY BBC chef has closed one of their restaurants for good just days after also shutting a coffee shop. The chef, famous for their TV appearances and high-end dining, confirmed the ...